It was the afternoon on the outskirts of Siting in January 1520 in the Great Calendar, and the early spring still had a bit of the bleakness of winter, and when the raindrops fell, the air seemed colder and colder, as if it made people go back to winter.

However, for the peasants of Goschuge, no matter whether it was a sunny day, they had to seize all the time to plow, and strive to finish their share of the land as soon as possible, and complete the labor of the lord, so that they could smoothly squeeze out some time to do something for their own homes, such as building a fence for the animals.

And while the peasants were ploughing with rain and sweat, there was a luxurious light pavilion in the ditch at the edge of the field, which was carried by eight wrestlers, and the interior was very spacious, and in the pavilion there were three seated richly dressed men, and seven standing attendants, which did not make the pavilion squeezed.

Looking at the pouring rain, the noble-clothed man sitting in the middle touched his beard and sighed: "If this kind of weather gets wet, even if I open my spiritual power at the fire phosphorus level, it will be quite uncomfortable." ”

The nobleman in the middle is not young, he already has a beard, but he has not yet entered his old age.

With that, he picked up the small cup on the table and took a sip of the warm water in the cup, which was a high-quality commodity brought from Lake Shipari, and it was very expensive. As the water flowed into his abdomen, after a while, the old man felt much warmer, and the chill in the early spring rain suddenly disappeared without a trace.

The two people sitting on either side of the nobleman were very young, and I am afraid that they were not yet adults.

Hearing the question of the nobleman, the one on the left was stunned, and he didn't know how to answer, and the more clever person on the right had already hurriedly responded: "What grandfather said is very true, and being able to come out in this weather to be considerate of the people's feelings, grandfather is really Ze is born, and I can't help but let the kid admire it greatly." ”

Hearing his grandson's response, the nobleman laughed: "Your mouth, it's an exaggeration, it's an exaggeration, Asu, reward him with a glass of water." ”

Hearing that his grandfather could give him water from Hipari, the clever nobleman immediately stood up and saluted, and then took the water from the servant with both hands.

Grandfather's reward for this person made another person feel great remorse, so he could only quickly remedy it and express his determination to his grandfather: "Grandfather, I, I will be an official in Siting in the future, and I will be as considerate of the people's feelings as you......"

Before the sluggish one could finish speaking, his words stopped with his grandfather's raised hand.

"Well, you guys, I know what you're thinking," said the grandfather, who said something without a beginning or an end, and then touched his beard to remember the past, "Actually, sometimes, it's not good to be too smart. ”

Hearing his grandfather's words, the clever one hurriedly put down the cup and looked at his grandfather in a daze, not knowing where he had committed a taboo. However, when he looked left and right, he didn't find that his grandfather was dissatisfied with the present, but was full of memories of the past.

The two opponents glanced at each other, and both saw the puzzlement in each other's eyes, and then the clever salute asked, "Please grandfather make it clear." ”

"In fact, the position of the head of this generation of the family should not have been my turn to sit, and the heir of the family is actually your uncle and grandfather, Ma Weiji. ”

"Uncle and grandfather Ma Weiji, then what happened to him? The junior once heard of his name, but he didn't know that this person actually had such a status," the clever one grabbed the front of the sluggish one, and became the grandfather's eye, and the sluggish one could only watch the conversation between the two dryly, and his heart was anxious.

"It's about ...... from today Forty years or so, when I was just an ordinary member of the family, still in school in Busuk. At that time, all of us knew that we could not compete for the position of the head of the family, because the position of the head of the family belonged to the listener, Ma Weiji. ”

"What is the Wind Listener?" Sluggish finally snatched a wink, and swiped the clever one proudly, only to see the clever one smirking at him.

Sure enough, the sluggish one was reprimanded.

"What is it called, that's your elder," the nobleman continued the conversation after a dull apology, "The Wind Listener is a great talent, very remarkable, that Ma Weiji is likable, his mother is also a capable nobleman, and the patriarch of my generation has already been destined to be his." ”

But one morning, forty years ago, he left the courtyard suddenly, saying that he was going to the city gate, and he was never heard from again. ”

Speaking of this, the nobleman shook his head with a sigh, not knowing which side he was sighing about.

Thinking about it smartly, he picked it up at the right time: "Such an important person, so will he go out in broad daylight?

"Yes, but all are," just as the grandfather and grandson were talking happily, the surrounding guards noticed the same and moved, which made the nobleman instantly vigilant, and his eagle-like gaze swept towards the commotion.

"The banner on the pavilion is the flag of the Stimpep family, right?" a man dressed like an ordinary porter, with dust on his feet, asked a question not far away, and this person also used spiritual power to spread, which was very rude to strangers.

"Where did you come from, daring," seeing that the other party was just ordinary clothes, the guard closest to him went up and moved his hands and feet, ready to drive out this arrogant gadfly.

"Stop!"

This is the stop of the nobleman, not to mention that this spiritual power is familiar, just say that although this person is poorly dressed, but he is full of energy, far from the temperament of those who face the loess peasants, it is worth looking at the nobleman a few times.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm Ma Weiji, I'm back, it's been thirty years, I can provide you with a certificate of nobility, and I can also provide a spiritual power verification, I give up all my power over the Stimpep family, I just want to go home. ”

The voice is old, but it is so firm, Rao is the determination of the nobleman, and he can't help but grow his mouth.

The kettle, which contained the high-quality water of Lake Hipari, was shattered in the consternation of the nobles.

The colorful pavilion left the farmland in a hurry, but when it left, there was an old visitor in the pavilion, a homecoming tourist.

The farmer who worked in the pavilion did not care at all. The rain was still falling, and with the cold wind freezing deep into the bone marrow, an old farmer finally could not hold it anymore, and he fell to the field with a snap.

In front of the farmer, there was a pavilion farther and farther away, and where the pavilion was about to arrive, was the main city of Sting.

At the end of January 1520, the explosive news spread through the streets of Stine City that the prodigal son of the Stimpup family, who had been away from home for forty years, had recently returned home.

And this prodigal son did not go to the north to wave, he claimed to have followed a caravan to the south, and he also saw a new country, a new god!

What's more, this man also wrote down everything he had seen and heard and handed it over to the lobbyists in the hotel, and the whole city was promoting his legendary experience.

"If you want me to say, he's a lying clown!"

A few splashes shouted loudly, welcoming the applause of some people. It stands to reason that even if the person has been away from home for forty years (in fact, more than thirty-nine years), he is still an aristocrat, and he cannot be tarnished by the small people in the market, but for some special reasons, these few people who are fearless to shout here, this kind of argument is very marketable.

However, not everyone agrees with this, and soon there is a rebuttal: "Lying clown? According to what he said, you can see that magnificence after walking west from the sting for ten days, you squirting all day long, if you really don't believe it, why don't you try it?"

Hearing that he was going to go to the field to go for a wave, how dare he splash the skin, the journey of more than ten days was terrible to think about, and the splash was blocked for a while and couldn't speak, but his eyes rolled and remembered what the head told him, so he began to repeat it.

"Don't talk about those who don't have it, just talk about it. One is that magical caravan, what the hell is it? Citizens, think about it, is there a caravan that does this!"

This sentence was very reasonable, and won the applause of many people, and when he saw someone echoing him, he became even more energetic, and continued to say the second point: "This man followed the caravan south, and it took ten years to see the sea in the south, how could it take him thirty years to leave the caravan and come back?

Hearing Splash's questioning, the people who supported Ma Weiji on the field also quieted down and began to think about this reason, while some people who were too lazy to think began to echo Splash, and Splashy looked proud.

At this time, a more energetic opponent reacted and asked: "No, the lobbyist only talked about Ma Weiji's 32nd year experience yesterday, how do you know that it took 30 years to come back?"

Hearing this question, Splashy was a little flustered for a while, but his eyes rolled and he found a rebuttal: "I have a buddy who is a lobbyist, he just told me, and besides, if you don't count the stones, do you know how much?"

[In this era, most ordinary citizens do not know how to do more than two digits of mental arithmetic, and they need stones to assist in calculations, so they say counting stones]

"Ha, then tell me again, what happened to Ma Weiji in the last year, so that everyone can try it. ”

This proposal won everyone's support, because whether or not they recognized the authenticity of Ma Weiji's trip, everyone wanted to know the subsequent development, after all, for the citizens of this era, this is indeed a very interesting story, or a series of together, not to mention that the protagonist of the story is the Stingren.

Hearing this question, Splashy immediately panicked: "There are so many stories, stories, how can I remember, even if I remember, I can't tell you in advance, it's not a broken rule." ”

The act of "cutting !!" and splashing skin won the unanimous pour.

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from outside the crowd, attracting everyone's attention, and Splashy was about to slip away at this time.

"Mr. Ma Weiji is going to Hefei on behalf of our Siting! It's at the city gate, and we're going to leave now!"

This news was strong enough, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention, and even the splashy who was quietly about to leave stopped.

"Everyone, go to the city gate!"

In an instant, there were not many people left.

Outside the city gate, Ma Weiji led a group of Siting entourage, standing in front of Siting's large and small officials. The person in charge of saying goodbye was the nobleman in the pavilion in front of him, and this time he changed into a formal official uniform, stood in front of Ma Weiji, and said with an unnatural and awkward expression: "My brother, I wish you a smooth journey." ”

"I'll bring you an official correspondence from the Hephies," Ma Weiji nodded in agreement, and as he turned to leave, a sneer of disdain on his lips as he turned to leave.